1949? Yes, sir, we have your receipt in file

Phil Comtois, who runs the automotive paint department at the nearby NAPA store, comes from an automotive family. His brother, Ed, still owns a used car lot and automotive repair facility in Cohoes, New York, and Phil was a body man for the Congress Street Garage at 144 Congress in Cohoes for years before “retiring” to […]

Just another garage in Gotham?

The pairing of the automobile and the narrow, teeming, crowded canyons of New York City is endlessly fascinating. The Standard Catalog lists 334 different manufacturers based in New York City (most of which, surely, built no more than one or two cars, if any), but beyond that, the Big Apple has a history of dealerships, […]